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To: E who wrote (28196)	2/6/2004 12:45:07 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793919

But they want to prevent a nice, law-abiding, responsible gay couple from marrying, though they've loved each other and lived in happy harmony for, say, thirty or forty years. Not a lot of those around, E. The promiscuity rate is very high. When AID's surveys were done in San Francisco in the early eighties, the number of partners Gays were having was unbelievable. I remember reading that the Airline Steward who started the Epidemic there had about 500. But that is not the point, of course. Political reality is that this Society is not ready to sanction Gay Marriage, E. All the polls show that. And the numbers have hardened since the issue became a real possibility.

To: E who wrote (28196)	2/7/2004 12:34:03 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793919

Maybe it's an evolutionary psychology thing. Maybe some people fear that their children will be drawn to sexual partnerships that won't yield the perpetuation of their genes. That's a very real danger. This isn't something innocuous like abortion or interracial marriage. It isn't something we can come back to 20 years from now and say "oops, we made a mistake! Let's not do this anymore." Once you legalize gay marriage, you sanction it as normal and acceptable. And once you introduce it as an acceptable behavior, you have introduced a social virus into the system that condones evolutionary dead-end behavior. We are toying with one of mankind's most ancient, and fundamentally vital, institutions. It is folly to not seriously consider the ramifications. Derek